Murder victim's mother speaks of her ongoing grief

Mark Webb

9:25am Tuesday 6th March 2012

THE mother of York murder victim Mark Webb has spoken of the grief she still feels every day – one year after her son was fatally stabbed in the throat.

York murder widow jailed for cover-up

Susan Webb

10:00am Saturday 10th December 2011

THE widow of a murdered York father has been jailed for two years for trying to cover up what happened.

MURDERER: "I am deeply, deeply, deeply sorry"

12:10am Thursday 10th November 2011

KILLER Brian Cox apologised from the dock to his victim’s family as he started a life sentence for the murder of York father-of-five Mark Webb.

Murderer must spend 18 years in jail

11:17am Wednesday 9th November 2011

KILLER Brian Cox must spend at least 18 years in jail for the murder of York father of five Mark Webb.

Acomb murder: Quick action ‘could have saved father’

Brian Cox

8:14am Wednesday 9th November 2011

FORMER doorman Brian Cox will today receive a life sentence after a jury unanimously convicted him of the murder of York father-of-five Mark Webb by slashing his throat with a Stanley knife.

Acomb murder: Lives ripped apart

8:12am Wednesday 9th November 2011

MURDERER Brian Cox was a man torn between two women, his barrister Rodney Jameson said.

MURDER: "We have been robbed in the most violent and brutal way imaginable," say victim's family

6:42pm Tuesday 8th November 2011

THE family of Mark Webb said Susan Webb’s deceit intensified their grief and loss following his death.

Brian Cox guilty of slashing father-of-five's throat

Brian Cox

12:23pm Tuesday 8th November 2011

THE man who slashed the throat of York father-of-five Mark Webb has been found guilty of murder.

Murder trial jury out

8:55am Saturday 5th November 2011

THE jury in a York murder trial has retired to consider its verdicts.

Accused wife was ‘hysterical’ on learning of husband’s death

9:22am Friday 4th November 2011

THE estranged wife of a man allegedly murdered by having his throat slashed became hysterical after learning of his death, a court has heard.

Accused was ‘stupid, but not a murderer’

9:20am Thursday 3rd November 2011

A FORMER doorman was “as cool as ice” when he confronted the man he is alleged to have killed by slashing his throat, the jury in the York murder trial heard.

Father’s death was ‘accident’

10:40am Saturday 29th October 2011

THE man accused of murdering a York father-of-five told a jury that leaving the scene was “the stupidest thing I’ve ever done”, and said he did not want to live without a court judging him guilty or not guilty.

‘Murder jacket cleaned of blood’

Mark Webb

9:10am Friday 28th October 2011

THE blood-stained jacket of a man accused of murdering a father-of-five was washed by his fellow defendant, a court has heard.

Murder accused said: ‘I have done something stupid’

8:38am Thursday 27th October 2011

A MAN has told a murder trial that an old friend turned up at his home and said: “I have done something stupid... I have slit someone’s throat.”

Murder trial: Officer followed blood trail

Police in Middleton Road, Acomb, after the death of Mark Webb

8:53am Wednesday 26th October 2011

A POLICEMAN has told a York murder trial how he followed a trail of blood and found a fatally wounded dad-of-five lying in his wife’s garden.

Witness poorly at Acomb stab trial

The crime scene in March, when father-of-five Mark Webb had his throat slashed with a Stanley knife

9:34am Tuesday 25th October 2011

THE jury in a York murder trial was sent home early yesterday after a witness felt poorly and the case had to be adjourned for the afternoon.

Wife ‘cleaned up after knife attack’

8:44am Saturday 22nd October 2011

The jury in the York murder trial have heard details of an attack that the prosecution claims killed father-of-five Mark Webb.

Girls saw ‘murder victim holding neck’

9:14am Friday 21st October 2011

TWO teenage girls told a murder trial how they saw a bloodstained father of five stagger across the road before he slumped lifeless into a York garden.

MURDER TRIAL: The text message exchange in full

6:00am Thursday 20th October 2011

Read the exchange of text messages between Mark Webb and his wife Susan Webb, in the hours before he was killed.

MURDER TRIAL: York dad-of-five had throat cut, hears court

10:10pm Wednesday 19th October 2011

A FATHER of five had his throat cut and was left to die after being confronted by his wife’s new lover, a murder trial heard.



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